Fela -- The Show of a Life Time

If you want to see a performance that will transport you to another dimension, make you get up out of your seat and move to a pulsating beat, go see Fela!.  Produced by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith and directed by Bill T. Jones, Fela tells the story of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of the hottest musicians borne from African soil. 

During the Sixties and Seventies while Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Angela Davis, and Stokely Carmichael and other activists were railing against American racial and social injustices, Fela was creating his own brand of music called Afrobeat, a mix of rhythms from around the globe.  He used his music as a weapon to raise consciousness and attack a corrupt Nigerian dictatorship and the giant oil companies that placed them in power.

Tony Award nominee Sahr Ngaujah and NEA and Bessie Award recipient, Adeosola Osakalumi do an amazing job of invoking Fela's indomitable spirit on stage.  Conducted by Aaron Johnson, the band rocks the house.  Not to mention the cast of singers and dancers whose acrobatic, gyrating movements take the story to another level.

A must see show, Fela not only tells the story of an incredible human being, but will also thoroughly entertain you and make you hunger for more. 

Fela! is playing at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles through Feb. 22.  For more information, visit felaonbroadway.com